Paraquat toxicity is reduced by metal chelators in rice leaves

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 471-476

  Chang, Chin Jung ^a   Kao, Ching Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Metal chelators; Oryza sativa; Paraquat; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003585936     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010303.x     Document Type: Article

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